Events
Annual Conference & Exhibition 2008 -
University of Liverpool
2nd - 4th September
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This year, our Annual Conference will be held at the
, with all facilities conveniently situated at
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fitting venue, coinciding with Liverpool as
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The theme for this year's Scientific Programme is
'Non-ionising Radiation Update & Radiation Emergency
Response' - which will begin on Tuesday afternoon and will run all day
Wednesday.
The Conference will begin at 2:00 pm on Tuesday,
followed by the Annual General Meeting at 5:00 pm.
Tuesday evening will be a generously sponsored '
' featuring
the fantastic Mersey Beatles tribute band and traditional
Liverpool cuisine !
The Conference will continue at 9:00 am on Wednesday and
run through the day until 5:00 pm. Wednesday evening features the
- which is
being held in the modern surroundings of the Roscoe and Gladstone dining
hall.
To round off this year's Conference, our Liverpool
hosts have kiindly organised a guided tour of Liverpool on Thursday -
an ideal opportunity to acquaint yourself with this historical City in
it's year as
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For those who have not received, or have mislaid
their Registration Form, a copy is
available .
Single room accomodation will be in the Derby &
Rathbone halls of residence (see campus map
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Room keys will be available from the Porters' Lodge in Derby &
Rathbone from 12:00 noon on Monday 1st September, and from 10:00 am on
Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd.
Double room accommodation (now fully booked) will be
in the
- just a short walk
across Sefton Park from Greenbank (see location map
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Breakfast will be served in the Roscoe &
Gladstone dining hall, a very short distance from the Derby &
Rathbone halls on the Greenbank site.
Non-ionising
Radiation Update & Radiation Emergency Response
Conference in Reading Room, Exhibition in
Knowsley Room - see campus map
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Tuesday 2nd September |
14:00 |
- 14:10 |
Chairman's Introduction & Liverpool
Welcome |
Trevor Moseley
(University of
Sheffield)
tba
(University of
Liverpool) |
14:10 |
- 14:35 |
Proffered Paper 1 - |
tba
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14:35 |
- 15:00 |
Proffered Paper 2 - |
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15:00 |
- 15:30 |
Tea &
Exhibition |
(to be taken in Knowsley
Room) |
15:30 |
- 16:00 |
Incorporating RSR into EPP2 |
Steve Chandler
(Defra) |
16:00 |
- 16:30 |
Security for Radioactive Materials |
Det Sgt Stephen Molyneux
(Liverpool
CTSA) |
16:30 |
- 17:00 |
Safeguards Regulations |
Dr Lawrence Johnson
(HSE Safeguards
Office) |
17:00 |
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AGM |
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19:30 |
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Dinner in Roscoe & Gladstone dining
room |
20:30 |
- till late |
in Derby & Rathbone bar |
Wednesday 3rd
September |
09:00 |
- 09:10 |
Chairman's Introduction |
Mark Bradley
(University of
Oxford) |
09:10 |
- 09:50 |
Keynote Presentation - A Guide
to the Artificial
Optical Radiation Directive |
John O'Hagan
(HPA) |
09:50 |
- 10:20 |
Developments in Laser Standards |
Gus Zabierek
(University of
Birmingham) |
10:20 |
- 11:00 |
Coffee &
Exhibition |
(to be taken in Knowsley
Room) |
11:00 |
- 11:30 |
UV Hazard Awareness, Detection
and
Measurement |
Graham Hart
(Independent RPA) |
11:30 |
- 12:00 |
RF Radiation Sources - Risk
Assessments,
Measurements and Control Measures |
Raj Bunger
(AURORA) |
12:00 |
- 12:30 |
NMR University Equipment
Hazard and Risk
Assessments |
Peter Cole
(University of
Liverpool) |
12:30 |
- 13:55 |
Lunch &
Exhibition |
(to be taken in Knowsley
Room) |
13:55 |
- 14:00 |
Chairman's Introduction |
Mike Sobanski
(University of
Cardiff) |
14:00 |
- 14:30 |
NAIR Response |
Duncan Cox
(HPA) |
14:30 |
- 15:00 |
RADSAFE Response |
Terry Kelly
(UKAEA) |
15:00 |
- 15:30 |
Fire Service Response
to Radiation
Incidents |
Dave Hanlon
(Oxfordshire FRS) |
15:30 |
- 16:00 |
Tea &
Exhibition |
(to be taken in Knowsley
Room) |
16:00 |
- 16:30 |
Reports from Fire Incidents |
Gareth Thomas
(HSE) |
16:30 |
- 17:00 |
Planning for Radiological Emergencies |
Alan Muir
(GSK) |
17:00 |
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Meeting Closes |
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19:30 |
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Wine Reception |
Roscoe & Gladstone dining hall |
20:00 |
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Conference Dinner |
Roscoe & Gladstone dining hall |
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We are particularly grateful for the support of our sponsors this
year:
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— Wednesday's Scientific Meeting |
(previously White Rose) |
— Tuesday's Professional Update
Sessions |
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— ' Liverpool Evening ' |
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— Wine for Conference Dinner |
( RPD
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— Conference Bags |
(previously White Rose) |
— Conference Pens & Pads |
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The Exhibition is always a very popular element of our
Conferences, and this year is no exception. The Exhibition
space is again well-filled, and our exhibitors have yet again shown great
support - with some new and very welcome suppliers represented.
Don't miss the opportunity to familiarise yourselves with the very
latest developments.
The Exhibition will be situated immediately adjacent to the
Reading Room, in the spacious accommodation of the Knowsley Room -
where morning coffee, buffet lunches and afternoon tea will be
served. Exhibitors will be on hand from Tuesday Lunchtime to
discuss your requirements and present the very latest in products and
services.
Exhibitors supporting our Conference this year
are:
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(previously
Safeguard) |
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(Mirion Technologies) |
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( RPD )
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(previously White Rose)
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Exhibitors -
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Social Evening |
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Tuesday evening is a ' Liverpool Evening'
- generously sponsored by
. It is only fitting that we do something really special
to celebrate Liverpool as
, and
the hard work of our local organisers has secured the fantastic Mersey
Beatles - one of the most well-known tribute bands, both
nationally and internationally. Very busy sons of Liverpool,
they have recently returned from wowing audiences on the farewell voyage
of the QE2.
The urge to get up and dance will be irresistable (but
not mandatory!) and we will be suitably fuelled long into the evening by
traditional hearty Liverpool cuisine and a late bar.
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Conference Dinner |
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On Wednesday evening, the Conference
Dinner will be held in the modern surroundings of the Roscoe &
Gladstone dining hall, a chance for all to relax with amiable banter,
good food and excellent wine - generously sponsored by a new
exhibitor and affiliate member
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Liverpool Tour
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To finish of our visit to Liverpool our hosts have
organised a City Tour - with Guide - which culminates in a buffet Lunch in the
Maritime Museum at Albert Dock.
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Coach departs Derby & Rathbone at
10:00am.
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Coach returns to departure point at
15:30.
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There will be baggage store available at D&R on
Thursday morning to avoid leaving luggage in cars.
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The city of Liverpool is very well served by all modes of
transport:
By Train
The main railway station is
, owned and run by Network Rail
and clearly indicated on the city map
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A station guide is also available
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Railway companies serving the
station are: , , , and
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More information available from
and
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The
most straightforward way to get to the venue is to take a taxi. The
station taxi rank is located at the Skelhorne Street entrance, the
approximate cost to Derby & Rathbone halls is £7 to £8.
By Bus / Coach
There are good express connections to Liverpool from most towns
and cities in Britain. To Liverpool, there are half-hourly
services from Manchester, services every hour from York and every two
hours from London and Birmingham. The
coach station is located in
Norton Street, Liverpool City Centre - map
. Again, a taxi to
Derby & Rathbone halls should cost about £7 to £8.
By Car
The main route into Liverpool is the M62 motorway -
which is connected to the M6, M1 and A1(M) North-South
motorways:
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Heading West on the M62, go to the very end of
the motorway (this is Junction 4 - there is no 1, 2 or 3 !).
Keep to the very left/inside lane following A5058,
do not go under the flyover.
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Follow A5058 Queens Drive in a straight line.
You will go straight over two roundabouts. The first is
the 'Fiveways' (look out for a Natwest bank and the Fiveways pub), the
second is smaller.
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Almost straight away after the second roundabout, you
will come to a crossroads. Stay in the lane marked Queens
Drive, going straight over these crossroads.
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You will come under a railway bridge to a set of
traffic lights. Turn right at these lights -
you are on North Mossley Hill Road, and Derby &
Rathbone Hall is a couple of hundred metres on your left.
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A Google map is available
- then click on
Greenbank Halls. A local area map is
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Parking is available between Buildings 20 and 21, 21
and 23, and adjacent to Buildings 26 – 28 (short walk) -
see plan
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By Air
Liverpool is served by two airports:
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The most convenient is
- just a few miles from
Greenbank Conference Park. This is served primarily by
and
(destinations in Eire and Northern Ireland).
A taxi, costing about £8, can be taken to
Greenbank.
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is much further away,
but has many more connections within the UK and internationally.
Either take the Express Coach to Liverpool City Centre, which
runs every hour, from 0920 to 1920 - or take the train to
Lime Street Station. Then take a taxi to the halls of residence.
The approximate cost is £7 to £8.
    
The University of Liverpool was one of the
first civic universities. Founded in 1881 with the establishment of
University College Liverpool, the College opened in 1882 with 45 students
on Brownlow Hill.
From the start, it recruited notable scholars
and received generous financial support from the people of Liverpool.
A high proportion of the original students came from Merseyside;
for poor yet able students there were scholarships and fellowships.
The University grew quickly, and the famous Victoria
Building, the original 'redbrick' designed by Alfred Waterhouse,
was opened in 1892.
The University attracted the pioneers of the
day, including Professor Oliver Lodge, who made the world's first
public radio transmission in 1894. Two years later, Lodge
demonstrated the use of X-ray photography by taking an image of a bullet in a
boy's wrist. It was the first time an X-ray had been used for
surgical purposes in the UK.
1899 saw the foundation of the Liverpool
School of Tropical Medicine. Future Nobel Prize winner Ronald Ross,
who had just completed his renowned research into the origins of malaria,
was appointed at the helm.
In 1903 the University received its
Charter. This enabled the University to confer degrees in its own
right, and so University College became the University of
Liverpool.
The University quickly established itself as an incubator for
success. Professor Charles Glover Barkla's research into X-Rays won
him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1917, and Sir James Chadwick was
awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935 for discovering the
neutron.
More recently, Sir Joseph Rotblat was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1995 for his work on limiting the threat posed by nuclear
weapons.
Today, the University has 6 faculties with 46 departments
and schools - offering over 300 first-degree courses across more than 100
subjects, over 19,000 registered students, 4,500 staff, and
an annual income of over £245 million, which includes over
£90 million for research. The University has over 400
industry partners and boasts 8 Nobel Laureates.
More information on the
University .
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In 2007 it was Liverpool's 800th birthday, marking 800
years since King John signed the city's charter in August 1207.
Liverpool has come a long way since then, evolving from a
tiny fishing port - the Dee was the predominant river of the time - to second
city of the Empire.
King John's interest in Liverpool was as a departure
point for Ireland. He built Liverpool Castle - on what is now
Castle Street - although it wasn't completed until 1237, twenty-one years
after his death. Overlooking the Mersey, the castle stood for
more than 400 years; it was partly destroyed in the Civil War,
before the area was levelled and St George's Church built and re-built on
the site. The Victoria Monument was erected there in 1902,
and the area sustained blanket bombing during the Blitz in 1941.
Somehow, the Victoria Monument survived, albeit
surrounded by rubble - today the area is Derby Square, home to
Liverpool's Queen Elizabeth Law Courts.
In 2008, Liverpool is
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Lots
more about Liverpool, and its history,
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Sincere thanks to the University of Liverpool, and Dave Wood of Liverpool
Pictorial, for permission to use images and text.
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